Optimum Feed Length?

virgohippy · 2006-10-03, 03:42 AM

I'm curious to know how long is too long for a feed.

I imagine that if I keep adding entries at some point the content will be so old it won't much matter if I trim them off the feed anyway.

Also, I wouldn't want to drown a spider to death with a hugantic glass of milk, even if he is new and wants to gulp down everything I've got.

walrus · 2006-10-03, 08:51 PM

A sort of defacto blogger standard is the 10 most recent posts but honestly after the initial read of the feed, the spiders only look at the recent stuff....at least the feed spiders and readers.

virgohippy · 2006-10-04, 03:24 AM

So then maybe frequency of posts is a more relavent factor...

I know I haven't gotten into the habit just yet, but I'd like to make regular, frequent posts.

2006-10-03, 03:42 AM	#1
virgohippy Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little... push. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,679	Optimum Feed Length? I'm curious to know how long is too long for a feed. I imagine that if I keep adding entries at some point the content will be so old it won't much matter if I trim them off the feed anyway. Also, I wouldn't want to drown a spider to death with a hugantic glass of milk, even if he is new and wants to gulp down everything I've got. __________________ ~Warm and Fuzzy.

2006-10-03, 08:51 PM	#2
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	A sort of defacto blogger standard is the 10 most recent posts but honestly after the initial read of the feed, the spiders only look at the recent stuff....at least the feed spiders and readers. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2006-10-04, 03:24 AM	#3
virgohippy Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little... push. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,679	So then maybe frequency of posts is a more relavent factor... I know I haven't gotten into the habit just yet, but I'd like to make regular, frequent posts. __________________ ~Warm and Fuzzy.